Sherlock Sam's Orange Shorts by A.J. Low

Author:A.J. Low
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Epigram Books
Published: 2019-01-24T16:00:00+00:00

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Sheriff Moran, Deputy Siva, Deputy

Lestrade, Kat Tan and Mayor Eliza stood under the hot dusty sun in the middle of Tumbleweed, and waited for the Moknificent Seven to ride in. Mike was hiding in a barrel somewhere, as was every other citizen of Tumbleweed. The mysterious stranger had left sometime in the middle of the night, though he did pay for his room, according to Kat.

It was mostly quiet as they waited, with only the incessant buzzing of flies distracting the five of them. Sweat trickled down their backs as they tried to ignore the flies.

And they waited.

Finally, the Moknificent Seven rode down Tumbleweed’s single road. A large cloud of dust preceded them as they rode hard down the thoroughfare. They pulled up right before Sheriff Moran and his posse.

James Mok leaned over his steam horse and smiled his easy smile. “You should have left,” he said. “Now I’m going to have to potato you.”

“I will give you one last chance to leave this town peacefully,” Sheriff Moran said.

The gang laughed again.

“No?” Sheriff Moran asked. “Then you leave me no choice: I challenge you to a chess match. The loser leaves town forever.”

James Mok’s smile disappeared and he looked legitimately surprised. So did the rest of the Moknificent Seven.

“You what?” he asked.

“I challenge you to a chess match,” Sheriff Moran repeated.

James looked around at his gang. They all shrugged their shoulders, except for Lee Swee, who said, “I play a little chess.”

James glared at him. He turned back in his saddle and stared down at Sheriff Moran. “Listen here, you heap of scrap metal. I’m not playing chess or any other kind of game with you. We’re going to potato you, then strip this town for all its valuables. How’s that sound?” He pointed his steam rifle menacingly at Sheriff Moran. The Sheriff could see into the barrel and it was indeed loaded with potato pieces.

“Have it your way,” Sheriff Moran said. “Now.”

Palladium shot out of nowhere and brought down three of the gang’s horses, dumping Marie-Anne, Yvonne and Lee Swee onto the ground. Deputy Siva and Deputy Lestrade used the confusion to quickly potato Sheila and Hwee Fong, who let out a very quiet “ow” as she fell to the ground. Mayor Eliza and Kat retreated to safety, shooting potatoes in the gang’s general direction.

Marie-Anne scrambled to her feet, potatoing Deputy Siva in the face, and was then immediately potatoed in turn by Kat.

Yvonne and Lee Swee potatoed Deputy Lestrade multiple times before Sheriff Moran potatoed them both.

James and Jiro the Blade, both still on horseback and unpotatoed, rode around, avoiding Sheriff Moran’s shots.

Suddenly, Sheriff Moran heard the click click of an empty weapon. He turned to see that both Mayor Eliza and Kat had run out of ammunition.

He turned back to see James smile cruelly. “Get him,” he told Jiro.

Jiro the Blade charged at Sheriff Moran, who had nowhere to go.

At the last possible second, however, the mysterious stranger appeared, flying through the air, and potatoed

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